Supporters of banning the sale and use of flying lanterns in Nebraska lined up Thursday with a list of anecdotal experiences in which the lanterns caused fires or near misses. Fire chiefs and other ...

Omaha, Lincoln and Bellevue have banned flying lanterns. LINCOLN — Though the idea hasn’t flown in the past, Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a measure that would ban flying lanterns across the state.

This past week brought a change in the format that we will follow for the remainder of our working days this session in your Nebraska Legislature. We began all day debate on the legislative floor.

LONDON -- Mysterious lights in the sky? Some British soldiers thought they might be unidentified flying objects. Then again, they might be those blazing Chinese lanterns released by the partygoers ...

I would like to begin this week's column by throwing a few numbers at you. Here in the Legislature we always worry about the number of bills that will be introduced, especially in the short session.